Epidemic Listeriosis Associated with Mexican-Style Cheese

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 319, Issue 13, 1988, Pages 823-828

  Linnan, Michael J ^a   Mascola, Laurene ^a   Lou, Xiao Dong ^a   Goulet, Veronique ^b   May, Susana ^c   Salminen, Carol ^d   Hird, David W ^e   Yonekura, M Lynn ^d   Hayes, Peggy ^a   Weaver, Robert ^a   Audurier, Andre ^f   Plikaytis, Brian D ^a   Fannin, Shirley L ^c   Kleks, Abraham ^g   Broome, Claire V ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Institut National de la Santé   (France)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^d LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^g CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FETUS; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0023681508     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198809293191303     Document Type: Article

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